Nixon v. State Department of Human Resources

HOUSTON, Justice.

An administrative-hearing officer with the Alabama Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) conducted an investigative hearing on October 23, 1996, to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to support DHR’s preliminary finding that Anthony Paul Nixon, a public-school teacher, had sexually abused a minor child under his supervision. The hearing officer issued a final order on December 2, 1996, upholding DHR’s preliminary finding. The Cullman County Circuit Court affirmed DHR’s finding. Nixon appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed, without opinion, on April 17,…